Marton, Lincolnshire

Marton
St Margaret, Marton
Marton  Marton shown within Lincolnshire
Population	616 (2001)
OS grid reference	SK839819
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	DN21 5
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Churchyard buttercross

The Millennium Stone, an anchor dredged from the River Trent, next to the port of Marton

Marton is a small Lincolnshire village clustered round the point where the modern A156 crosses the ancient Roman road mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary.

In Roman times, it was a way station, slightly north of the larger fort at Torksey, the point just before the Roman road crossed the River Trent.

In the centre of the village stands the church of Saint Margaret of Antioch. The building is essentially of the Norman Conquest period,^{[citation needed]} built using a mixture of Anglo-Saxon and Norman styles. Much of the work of these periods is still retained. It has an 11th century tower^{[citation needed]} of herringbone masonry, a Saxon cross shaft set in an outer wall and an ancient carved crucifix within. The tall cross in the churchyard is used as a war memorial and it is thought to be a former Medieval market buttercross.^{[citation needed]}

There is also a restored windmill tower, owned by Lincolnshire County Council.

External links

• Marton Tower
• Marton , Roman Fort